Knockdown bed.



F. M. SAWYER.

KNOCKDOWN BED.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-2,1912.

1, 175,304. Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

FRANKLIN M. SAWYER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

KNOCKDOWN BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed. August 2, 1912. Serial No. 712,876.

To all q/Jhom it may concern Be 1t known that I, FRANKLIN M. Saw- YER, a citizen of the United States,-res cling at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented cer- 1n tain new and useful Improvements Knockdown Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to knock down beds, and more especially to beds for small children, and my object is to produce a bed of I this character of light, simple and cheapconstruction, which, in knock down condition, 1s convenlently portable.

WVith this general object in view the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a top plan view of a bed embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical section taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a full size section taken on the dotted line III of Fig. 1.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates the ends, 2 the sides, and 3 the bottom of, the bed. Each end consists of a pair of corner posts at, connected together by cross rods 5, and the latter are connected together by rods 6. Each side consists of a pair of rails 7 connected together by vertical rods 8, and the ends of rails 7, when the parts of the bed are assembled, fit in sockets 9 formed in the posts 4, as shown only in Fig. 3.

The bottom of the bed consists of a pair of side rails 10 connected by cross rods or slats 11, and is supported from the lower rails 7 of the sides, in a manner hereinafter explained.

To hold the ends and sides reliably together, the posts of the former are provided with pivoted hooks 12, engaging headed screws or p ns 13, projecting from the rails of thesides of the bed.

To resiliently support the bottom 3, four springs are employed, each spring being made of a piece of fiat metal bent to form a hinge loop 14, which terminates at its outer end in an arched portion 15 to rest upon the adjacent side rail 7, at its inner end the spring terminates in an upturned portion 16 underlying the adjacent side rail 10 of the bottom, the connection being made reliable by means of a screw 17 as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

By this arrangement of springs the bottom of the bed is resiliently sup ported. Opposite the headed screws 13 of the lower rails of the sides, which screws project inwardly, said lower rails are provided with a pair of outwardly projecting headed screws 18, for engagement by the lower hooks 12, at times.

When it is desired that a child, sleeping in the bed, shall be accessible to its mother, occupying a different bed, without making it necessary for the motherto arise, one of the sides of the bed is swung downward to a pendent position, the lower rail of such side forming the aXis of such movement, and this adjustment of the side can take place without disturbing the bed bottom, as thepivot rail turns frictionally in the arched outer ends of the engaging springs. To enable the side to be adjusted, as described, the upper rail of the side is made slightly shorter than the lower rail so that the ends of the upper rail can be withdrawn from the engaging sockets 9 without, at the same time, withdrawing the lower rail from its engaging sockets. Before this is done, however, the hooks engaging the side to be adjusted are disengaged from the corresponding screws 13, and after the said side is swung downward to a vertical position, the lower set of hooks are caused to engage the headed screws 18 which, through the adjustment of the side, are disposed at the inner s de-thereof, this engagement of the hooks with said screws 18 guarding against disengagement of the side from the ends and hence eliminating all chance of the bottom 3 dropping and precipitating the child on the floor.

A cheap, serv ceable and ornamental device or canopy for shading the face of the occupant of the bed, is preferably constructed as follows: 19 is a pair of arched rods detachably fitting at their upper ends in sockets 20 in the posts of one end. and at their lower ends in sockets 2.1 in the upper rails 7 of the sides, and connecting sa d rods is a suitable fabric 22 or its equivalent, the fabric being of much greater length by preference than the rods so that it may hang downward as a curtain 23 at the outer side of the head end of the bed. and to prevent the hanging portion 23 from blowing about, it may be buttoned or otherwise fastened to screws 24 secured in the adjacent posts 4. The shade will also embody a pair of side curtains 25, to hang downward from the opposite margins of portion 22, at opposite sides of the bed. The shade and its supporting rods 19, may be readily removed from position and the bed can be quickly knocked down, and the sides, bottom and ends placed fiatvvise, one upon another, for convenience of storage or transportation.

From the above description it will be apparent that. I have produced a bed possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object of the invention, and which is obviously susceptible of modification in minor particulars Without departing from the construction as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

- A bed comprisinga pair of end. frames, a pair of side frames pivoted at their lower corners to the end frames and detachably connected at their upper corners to the end.

frames and a bottom frame for the bedresting upon the pivoted portion of the side frames; said side frames being adapted for pivotal movement only so that they may be swung to a pendent or inoperative position or to an upright or operative position without-afiecting the position of the bottom frame; oppositely located projections on one of the ends of the pivoted portions of the side frames and hooks pivoted to the end frames for. interchangeable engagement with the adjacent projections in the different pivotal positions of the side frames whereby to latch said side frames in their upright or pendent positions.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRANKLIN M. SAWYER. Witnesses:

M. K. PRESTON, G. Y. Trronrn.

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